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PATENTED Nov 26 I867 nitnh tans gaunt @ffir2.-

IMPROVED FAGOT FOR RAILROAD-RAIL.

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM LEIGHTON, of Wyandotte, in the county of Wayne, in the State of Michigan, have invented a. new and improved form of a piece of iron, to be used in piles of iron and steel, to be used in the manufacture ofsteel-headed rails; and that the following is an accurate description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, and being a part of this specification:

In building a pile of flats, it becomes necessary to use a peculiar-shaped bar of iron as one of these flats, for the purpose of holding the steel with which the rail is to be steel-faced when rolled. To accomplish this end, after building my flat with more or less flat barsof iron, I roll a bar of iron into the shape shown in the drawings, being careful to leave iron enough at the points A A to preventthe steel, which should be of a V shape, from burning or becoming decarbonized. One-eighth of an inch, or even a trifle less, of iron, at the points indicated, is suflicient, provided the pile is heated with the steel placed at the bottom of the pile,'covered by the peculiar-shaped flat above described.

Figure 1 represents the shape of the peculiar-shaped bar of ironan end vertical view.

Figure 2 represents the manner of building the pile, with the peculiar-shaped bar of iron, in conjunction with thesteel to be used in facing the rail when rolled, and in conjunction with the other flat of iron used in building the pile.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The V-shaped socket A and the V-shaped block 0, on the pile of fla'ts B, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

WILLIAM LEIGHTON.

Witnesses:

E. J. HARRIS, S. J. CLABK. 

